Pathakji, "Sir, do you know that Murga is Muslim?? Me, "What???" Pathakji, "Yes Sir. You know once there were two men to whom God said that I will give you both a very healthy life and you may return to heaven after your time on earth is complete. The only condition is that you have to come back a whole, leave nothing behind when you return." "One of them was born Hindu and the other, a Muslim. They both lived a long and happy life & died almost at the same time. At the gates of heaven, Hindu guy was permitted instantly while Muslim guy was stopped. When the Muslim protested and blamed God of being biased; God explained that he had not come a whole, that he had left something behind. Muslim guy denied right away, said he has left nothing. Then God told that you forgot to bring the 'tukkdi' back. Now, you can't enter heaven without it. So, go back and find it." "Now, as he had died already he could never go back as a human.
In 1998, I started reading poetry. Subsequently, I started to write poems & plays. The notebook I used then had become my constant companion and a personal talisman. Every time I open that notebook, I get to relive the memory of the day I wrote each page. Finally, the notebook exhausted its pages and Google came to my rescue. Yes, this public blog is to connect and share my thoughts with whoever happens to read but mainly it is for me, as a personal talisman.